Radeon R7 A360 vs GeForce GTX 970M SLI

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 970M SLI and Radeon R7 A360, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 970M SLI
2014
2x 6 GB GDDR5, 162 Watt
24.40
+1444%

GTX 970M SLI outperforms R7 A360 by a whopping 1444% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking228965
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency10.33no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameno dataMeso
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date7 October 2014 (10 years ago)5 May 2015 (9 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores2560384
Core clock speed924 MHz1100 MHz
Boost clock speed1038 MHz1125 MHz
Number of transistors2x 5200 Million1,550 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)162 Wattno data
Texture fill rateno data27.00
Floating-point processing powerno data0.864 TFLOPS
ROPsno data8
TMUsno data24

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x8
SLI options+-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount2x 6 GB2 GB
Memory bus width2x 192 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed5000 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data14.4 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectorsno dataNo outputs

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12_112 (12_0)
Shader Modelno data6.0
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data2.0
Vulkan-1.2.131
CUDA+-

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD86
+1620%
5−6
−1620%
4K40
+1900%
2−3
−1900%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
+1900%
2−3
−1900%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 50−55
+1667%
3−4
−1667%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 40−45
+1950%
2−3
−1950%
Battlefield 5 80−85
+1500%
5−6
−1500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55
+1567%
3−4
−1567%
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
+1900%
2−3
−1900%
Far Cry 5 55−60
+1767%
3−4
−1767%
Far Cry New Dawn 60−65
+1500%
4−5
−1500%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
+1489%
9−10
−1489%
Hitman 3 45−50
+1533%
3−4
−1533%
Horizon Zero Dawn 110−120
+1514%
7−8
−1514%
Metro Exodus 80−85
+1580%
5−6
−1580%
Red Dead Redemption 2 60−65
+1500%
4−5
−1500%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 80−85
+1540%
5−6
−1540%
Watch Dogs: Legion 100−110
+1600%
6−7
−1600%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 50−55
+1667%
3−4
−1667%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 40−45
+1950%
2−3
−1950%
Battlefield 5 80−85
+1500%
5−6
−1500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55
+1567%
3−4
−1567%
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
+1900%
2−3
−1900%
Far Cry 5 55−60
+1767%
3−4
−1767%
Far Cry New Dawn 60−65
+1500%
4−5
−1500%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
+1489%
9−10
−1489%
Hitman 3 45−50
+1533%
3−4
−1533%
Horizon Zero Dawn 110−120
+1514%
7−8
−1514%
Metro Exodus 80−85
+1580%
5−6
−1580%
Red Dead Redemption 2 60−65
+1500%
4−5
−1500%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 80−85
+1540%
5−6
−1540%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 136
+1600%
8−9
−1600%
Watch Dogs: Legion 100−110
+1600%
6−7
−1600%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 50−55
+1667%
3−4
−1667%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 40−45
+1950%
2−3
−1950%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55
+1567%
3−4
−1567%
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
+1900%
2−3
−1900%
Far Cry 5 55−60
+1767%
3−4
−1767%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
+1489%
9−10
−1489%
Hitman 3 45−50
+1533%
3−4
−1533%
Horizon Zero Dawn 110−120
+1514%
7−8
−1514%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 80−85
+1540%
5−6
−1540%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 48
+1500%
3−4
−1500%
Watch Dogs: Legion 100−110
+1600%
6−7
−1600%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 60−65
+1500%
4−5
−1500%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 45−50
+2200%
2−3
−2200%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
+1750%
2−3
−1750%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
+2400%
1−2
−2400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27
+2300%
1−2
−2300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+2700%
1−2
−2700%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16 0−1
Far Cry 5 27−30
+2700%
1−2
−2700%
Forza Horizon 4 130−140
+1444%
9−10
−1444%
Hitman 3 27−30
+2800%
1−2
−2800%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
+1567%
3−4
−1567%
Metro Exodus 45−50
+2200%
2−3
−2200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 50−55
+1667%
3−4
−1667%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−33
+2900%
1−2
−2900%
Watch Dogs: Legion 130−140
+1625%
8−9
−1625%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
+1950%
2−3
−1950%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 24−27
+2300%
1−2
−2300%
Far Cry New Dawn 18−20
+1800%
1−2
−1800%
Hitman 3 18−20
+1800%
1−2
−1800%
Horizon Zero Dawn 120−130
+1463%
8−9
−1463%
Metro Exodus 27−30
+2600%
1−2
−2600%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 28
+2700%
1−2
−2700%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7 0−1
Far Cry 5 12−14 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
+1550%
2−3
−1550%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 27−30
+2800%
1−2
−2800%
Watch Dogs: Legion 10−12 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24
+2000%
1−2
−2000%

This is how GTX 970M SLI and R7 A360 compete in popular games:

  • GTX 970M SLI is 1620% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 970M SLI is 1900% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 24.40 1.58
Recency 7 October 2014 5 May 2015

GTX 970M SLI has a 1444.3% higher aggregate performance score.

R7 A360, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 months.

The GeForce GTX 970M SLI is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 A360 in performance tests.


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